~~U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. regulations, including trade, customs, and immigration. CBP is the largest law enforcement agency in the United States. It has a workforce of more than 45,600 sworn federal agents and officers. It has its headquarters in Washington, D.C.~

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~~The comments of the Hidalgo Police Chief are first-hand accounts that carry as much weight as anything the arrogant governor of Texas opines.~~

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Row row row your boat, life is but a dream, merrily merrily....

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ZZ and the other crazy Anti American Liberals. Where are the Fathers of these "children" that EJACULATED into the "children" mothers????? When they EJACULATED into these women that is when their responsibility began. Those "children" should be sent back and the Fathers be made to work and support them. These "children' will soon be MS-13 gang members as per Owebama's plans.

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HIDALGO, Texas (AP) — The first wave of National Guard troops has taken up observation posts along the Texas-Mexico border.

Several dozen soldiers deployed in the Rio Grande Valley are part of the up to 1,000 troops called up by Gov. Rick Perry last month, Texas National Guard Master Sgt. Ken Walker of the Joint Counterdrug Task Force said Thursday.

Several guardsmen were seen Thursday afternoon manning an observation tower along the busy road leading to the Hidalgo International Bridge.

This first batch of soldiers was specifically trained to man such observation towers in the area belonging to local law enforcement agencies and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Walker said. They will serve as extra eyes on the border and report suspicious activity to authorities.

State officials have estimated the deployment, which they've called a "deter and refer" mission will cost $12 million per month.

On Wednesday, during a visit to Camp Swift Army National Guard Training Center outside Austin, Perry said the troops were needed to defend the nation against "narco-terrorists." Perry, a Republican possibly mulling a run for the White House, had said the soldiers were necessary to help secure the border while the Border Patrol was busy with a surge in illegal immigration.

From October to July, 63,000 unaccompanied children were arrested after entering the U.S. illegally, double the number from the same period a year earlier. Another 63,000 families — mothers or fathers with young children — were arrested during that period.

Those arrests have slowed, however. Arrests of children traveling alone and children and parents traveling together dropped by about half in July from the previous month.

A Customs and Border Protection document viewed by The Associated Press indicated that guardsmen would be manning CBP towers in Hidalgo and Starr counties, as well as towers for the Hidalgo and Pharr police departments and the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office.

"They're just there for support," Walker said of the soldiers who entered the field this week after training in the area. "We're just trying to give some relief to the guys at Customs and Border Protection" and other law enforcement agencies. He said the duration of their deployment was not set, but that current funding only runs through September.

The guardsmen seen Thursday dressed in camouflage uniforms were manning a Hidalgo police tower.

Hidalgo Police Chief Rodolfo Espinoza said he would normally not have his department's two towers manned. They have cameras that can pan the area and record activity, but having a person that can recognize something suspicious and report it is more valuable, he said.

"It is good to have them," Espinoza said of the soldiers. "It is a positive benefit for everybody."

Still, speaking like a police chief whose office sits less than a mile from the Rio Grande, Espinoza said, "I think the only way you could secure the river is if every 10 yards you had someone standing there. It's impossible."

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~~U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. regulations, including trade, customs, and immigration. CBP is the largest law enforcement agency in the United States. It has a workforce of more than 45,600 sworn federal agents and officers. It has its headquarters in Washington, D.C.~

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